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	~~For~~ now ~~these are~~ the ~~changes~~, ~~more might come when I get further in the DMG but~~ this ~~should cover most of them.~~		These have now all been copied to the relevant pages, keeping this page for posterity.

	~~I will update the [[House Rules]]~~ page ~~with the rules below in due time~~.

	== Preface ==		== Preface ==

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	== Feats ==		== Feats ==
	The old Feats Allowed page has been renamed [[House Rules - Feats]], see there for all changes.		The old Feats Allowed page has been renamed [[House Rules - Feats]], see there for all changes.

			== Equipment ==
			[https://5e.tools/items.html#acid_xphb Acid], [https://5e.tools/items.html#alchemist's%20fire_xphb Alchemist's Fire], [https://5e.tools/items.html#holy%20water_xphb Holy Water] (does 2d8 damage now), [https://5e.tools/items.html#net_xphb Net] (no longer considered a weapon), and [https://5e.tools/items.html#oil_xphb Oil] use the 2024 rules. This means replacing one of your normal attacks to throw and imposing a save on the target; Dexterity saving throw (DC 8 plus your Dexterity modifier and Proficiency Bonus).

	== Spells ==		== Spells ==

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	* Existing things that were not fixed but have proven to be problematic.		* Existing things that were not fixed but have proven to be problematic.
	* Easy updates that make things simply better/easier/etc.		* Easy updates that make things simply better/easier/etc.

			==== D20 Test ====
			The term D20 Test will come up in a few places. This is the 2024 term for the three different d20 rolls.<blockquote>D20 Tests encompass the three main d20 rolls of the game: ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws. If something in the game affects D20 Tests, it affects all three of these rolls.</blockquote>

	== Classes ==		== Classes ==

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 == Skills ==
 I've created a new page and moved the 'new skills' that used to be on the main House Rules page to there: [[House Rules - Skills]].
 ==== Tool Skills ====
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 == Spells ==
-==== Ritual Spells ====
+=== Ritual Spells ===
 If you '''have a spell prepared that has the Ritual tag''', you can cast that spell as a Ritual. This means that Paladins, etc. now also can do this.
-==== Sending ====
+=== Spell Changes ===
 Can't contact other planes unless cast using a slot of 5th level or higher, there is no fail chance.
-==== Zone of Truth ====
+==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#spiritual%20weapon_phb Spiritual Weapon] ====
-Removed. For details read the entirety of [https://www.hipstersanddragons.com/zone-of-truth-dnd/ this article]. The remix suggested doesn't really work either.
+Now is a Concentration spell like the [https://5e.tools/spells.html#spiritual%20weapon_xphb 2024 version] and the damage increases by 1d8 for every slot level above 2.
 == Rules Glossary ==
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 Adding two things from 2024:
-* Your Concentration is broken.
+* Your Concentration is broken. [This is already true in the 2014 rules but was not referenced there.]
 * You can't speak.

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	== Skills ==		== Skills ==
			I've created a new page and moved the 'new skills' that used to be on the main House Rules page to there: [[House Rules - Skills]].

	==== Tool Skills ====		==== Tool Skills ====
	The 2024 rules have added a default ability to Tool Skills. I will add these to the sheet as well but keep in mind that you can use a different ability when it makes sense~~. I've created a new page and moved the new skills to there: [[House Rules - Skills]]~~.		The 2024 rules have added a default ability to Tool Skills. I will add these to the sheet as well but keep in mind that you can use a different ability when it makes sense.

	== Feats ==		== Feats ==
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	== Spells ==		== Spells ==
	If you have a spell prepared that has the Ritual tag, you can cast that spell as a Ritual. This means that Paladins~~, Rangers~~, etc. now also can do this.
			==== Ritual Spells ====
			If you '''have a spell prepared that has the Ritual tag''', you can cast that spell as a Ritual. This means that Paladins, etc. now also can do this.

	==== Sending ====		==== Sending ====

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	== Feats ==		== Feats ==
	~~When it comes to feats that give a +1 ability increase in specific abilities, I am willing to allow players to pick any of the six abilities, but depends on if it breaks anything.~~		The old Feats Allowed page has been renamed [[House Rules - Feats]], see there for all changes.

	~~When it comes to feats that are limited to certain races, I am willing to allow players to pick them whatever their race~~, ~~but depends on if it breaks anything and if it makes thematic sense (if it's~~ all ~~based on your character being small, you can't pick it if you play a 7' half-orc)~~.

	== Spells ==		== Spells ==

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	== DMG ==		== DMG ==

			==== Diagonal Movement ====
			For some reason I thought that this rule was removed from 5E but it turns out it was in the [https://5e.tools/book.html#dmg,8,optional%20rule%3a%20diagonals,0 2014 DMG] all the time:

			When measuring range or moving diagonally on a grid, the first diagonal square counts as 5 feet, but the second diagonal square counts as 10 feet. This pattern of 5 feet and then 10 feet continues whenever you're counting diagonally, even if you move horizontally or vertically between different bits of diagonal movement.

			==== Respect ====
	This from page 19 of the DMG is certainly a good reminder:		This from page 19 of the DMG is certainly a good reminder:

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	* Easy updates that make things simply better/easier/etc.		* Easy updates that make things simply better/easier/etc.

	~~This from~~ page ~~19 of the DMG is certainly to be kept in mind~~:		== Classes ==
			Created a new page: [[House Rules - Classes]], see there.
	* '''Rules Aren't Physics''' The rules of the game are meant to provide a fun game experience, not to describe the laws of physics in the worlds of D&D, let alone the real world. Don't let players argue that a bucket brigade of ordinary people can accelerate a spear to light speed by all using the Ready action to pass the spear to the next person in line. The Ready action facilitates heroic action; it doesn't define the physical limitations of what can happen in a 6-~~second combat round.~~
	* '''The Game Is Not an Economy''' The rules of the game aren't intended to model a realistic economy, ~~and players who look for loopholes that let them generate infinite wealth using combinations of spells are exploiting the rules.~~
	* '''Combat Is for Enemies''' Some rules apply only during combat or while a character is acting in Initiative order. Don't let players attack each other or helpless creatures to activate those rules.
	* '''Rules Rely on Good-Faith Interpretation''' The rules assume that everyone reading and interpreting the rules has the interests of the group's fun at heart and is reading the rules in that light.

	== ~~Playing~~ ==		== Skills ==

	==== Tool Skills ====		==== Tool Skills ====
	The 2024 rules have added a default ability to Tool Skills. I will add these to the sheet as well but keep in mind that you can use a different ability when it makes sense.		The 2024 rules have added a default ability to Tool Skills. I will add these to the sheet as well but keep in mind that you can use a different ability when it makes sense. I've created a new page and moved the new skills to there: [[House Rules - Skills]].

			== Feats ==
			When it comes to feats that give a +1 ability increase in specific abilities, I am willing to allow players to pick any of the six abilities, but depends on if it breaks anything.

	~~== Classes ==~~		When it comes to feats that are limited to certain races, I am willing to allow players to pick them whatever their race, but depends on if it breaks anything and if it makes thematic sense (if it's all based on your character being small, you can't pick it if you play a 7' half-orc).
	~~Created~~ a ~~new page: [[House Rules~~ - ~~Classes]], see there~~.

	== Spells ==		== Spells ==
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	==== Zone of Truth ====		==== Zone of Truth ====
	Removed. For details read the entirety of [https://www.hipstersanddragons.com/zone-of-truth-dnd/ this article]. The remix suggested doesn't really work either.		Removed. For details read the entirety of [https://www.hipstersanddragons.com/zone-of-truth-dnd/ this article]. The remix suggested doesn't really work either.

	~~== Feats ==~~
	~~When it comes to feats that give a +1 ability increase in specific abilities, I am willing to allow players to pick any of the six abilities, but depends on if it breaks anything.~~

	When it comes to feats that are limited to certain races, I am willing to allow players to pick them whatever their race, but depends on if it breaks anything and if it makes thematic sense (if it's all based on your character being small, you can't pick it if you play a 7' half-orc).

	== Rules Glossary ==		== Rules Glossary ==
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	* During sleep, you have the Unconscious condition.		* During sleep, you have the Unconscious condition.
	* You can resume a Long Rest immediately after an interruption. If you do so, the rest requires 1 additional hour per interruption to finish. - Adding this.		* You can resume a Long Rest immediately after an interruption. If you do so, the rest requires 1 additional hour per interruption to finish. - Adding this.

			== DMG ==
			This from page 19 of the DMG is certainly a good reminder:

			* '''Rules Aren't Physics''' The rules of the game are meant to provide a fun game experience, not to describe the laws of physics in the worlds of D&D, let alone the real world. Don't let players argue that a bucket brigade of ordinary people can accelerate a spear to light speed by all using the Ready action to pass the spear to the next person in line. The Ready action facilitates heroic action; it doesn't define the physical limitations of what can happen in a 6-second combat round.
			* '''The Game Is Not an Economy''' The rules of the game aren't intended to model a realistic economy, and players who look for loopholes that let them generate infinite wealth using combinations of spells are exploiting the rules.
			* '''Combat Is for Enemies''' Some rules apply only during combat or while a character is acting in Initiative order. Don't let players attack each other or helpless creatures to activate those rules.
			* '''Rules Rely on Good-Faith Interpretation''' The rules assume that everyone reading and interpreting the rules has the interests of the group's fun at heart and is reading the rules in that light.
	[[Category:Rules]]		[[Category:Rules]]

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	* Existing things that were not fixed but have proven to be problematic.		* Existing things that were not fixed but have proven to be problematic.
	* Easy updates that make things simply better/easier/etc.		* Easy updates that make things simply better/easier/etc.

			This from page 19 of the DMG is certainly to be kept in mind:

			* '''Rules Aren't Physics''' The rules of the game are meant to provide a fun game experience, not to describe the laws of physics in the worlds of D&D, let alone the real world. Don't let players argue that a bucket brigade of ordinary people can accelerate a spear to light speed by all using the Ready action to pass the spear to the next person in line. The Ready action facilitates heroic action; it doesn't define the physical limitations of what can happen in a 6-second combat round.
			* '''The Game Is Not an Economy''' The rules of the game aren't intended to model a realistic economy, and players who look for loopholes that let them generate infinite wealth using combinations of spells are exploiting the rules.
			* '''Combat Is for Enemies''' Some rules apply only during combat or while a character is acting in Initiative order. Don't let players attack each other or helpless creatures to activate those rules.
			* '''Rules Rely on Good-Faith Interpretation''' The rules assume that everyone reading and interpreting the rules has the interests of the group's fun at heart and is reading the rules in that light.

	== Playing ==		== Playing ==

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	~~'''Work~~ in ~~progress! Please ignore until final version is complete!'''~~		For now these are the changes, more might come when I get further in the DMG but this should cover most of them.

			I will update the [[House Rules]] page with the rules below in due time.

	== Preface ==		== Preface ==
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	==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#counterspell_phb Counterspell] ====		==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#counterspell_phb Counterspell] ====
	Changed to the [https://5e.tools/spells.html#counterspell_xphb 2024 version], now Warlocks won't suddenly lose half of their ~~spells~~ when they get counterspelled:		Changed to the [https://5e.tools/spells.html#counterspell_xphb 2024 version]; now Warlocks won't suddenly lose half of their spell slots when they get counterspelled:
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	\| colspan="2" \|''3rd-level abjuration''		\| colspan="2" \|''3rd-level abjuration''
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	==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#gaseous%20form_phb Gaseous Form] ====		==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#gaseous%20form_phb Gaseous Form] ====
	Changed to the [https://5e.tools/spells.html#gaseous%20form_xphb 2024 version]~~, the~~ important changes:		Changed to the [https://5e.tools/spells.html#gaseous%20form_xphb 2024 version]. The important changes:

	* You can target one additional creature for each spell slot level above 3. [So you can now cast it on multiple people!]		* You can target one additional creature for each spell slot level above 3. [So you can now cast it on multiple people!]
	* The spell ends on the target if it drops to 0 Hit Points or if it takes a Magic action to end the spell on itself. [~~The~~ other people you cast it on can end it on themselves.]		* The spell ends on the target if it drops to 0 Hit Points or if it takes a Magic action to end the spell on itself. [So the other people you cast it on can end it on themselves.]

	==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#healing%20word_phb Healing Word] ====		==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#healing%20word_phb Healing Word] ====
	Increased healing from 1d4 to 2d4, as the [https://5e.tools/spells.html#healing%20word_xphb 2024 version]. Mass Healing Word also from 1d4 to 2d4.		Increased healing from 1d4 to 2d4, as the [https://5e.tools/spells.html#healing%20word_xphb 2024 version]. [https://5e.tools/spells.html#mass%20healing%20word_phb Mass Healing Word] also from 1d4 to 2d4.

	==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#invisibility_phb Invisibility] ====		==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#invisibility_phb Invisibility] ====
	Using this [https://5e.tools/spells.html#invisibility_xphb 2024 wording]: The spell ends early immediately after the target makes an attack roll, deals damage, or casts a spell.		Using this [https://5e.tools/spells.html#invisibility_xphb 2024 wording]: The spell ends early immediately after the target makes an attack roll, deals damage, or casts a spell. The same goes for other items/abilities/etc. that bestow invisibility.

	==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#phantasmal%20killer_phb Phantasmal Killer] ====		==== [https://5e.tools/spells.html#phantasmal%20killer_phb Phantasmal Killer] ====